Massive Power Outage

[DavidG]

Originally posted by Thermodyne:
Well, when I was there, it took me a week to figure out what the locals were saying.

Now just to add some fuel to this, from the very mouths of some up-overs

http://www.gateway2china.com/communi...ages/1008.html

Please tell me you don't hang out on that site. What a bunch of morrons.

[tesco samoa]

e3 can explain it. ... toronto talk

[E3]

Oshawa is a city, though few realise it to be populated enough to be called a city, that is about an hour from the borders of Toronto.

The only reason Oshawa exists, is because it was built around an old military intelligence training base durring WW2... maybe WW1.. not sure.

The reason most people dont realise it's a city is because of its large area, most of which is undeveloped, and the very spread out population.

Why is it viewed poorly by EVERY canadian in existence?

Imagine a trailer park, in the American Mid-west. Everyone of low to no income. A certin culture seems to follow people like that. Now, add in biker gangs. Hells Angels, Paradise Riders, Satan's Choice and others. I don't know which gang is the dominant one.

Wonderful culture that would be, well thats Oshawa. A bunch of drunken drug using violent people. And because the city is sooo spread out and undeveloped, the only things to do for fun are drink, get high, and ****, which results in babies some how.

I guess they never heard of condoms or the pill.
Because all 4 things, happen lots.
I've lost a sister to Oshawa. She lives, but she will never be evolved enough for city living anymore.

And regarding Toronto's mayor...
Ok I agree. Most of Toronto agrees. Who doesn't? North York. North York is in love with Mel Lastman. And he did a lot of good for that part of Toronto. Indeed, his style of being a mayor is PERFECT for them. But his methods and policies are destroying Etobicoke and Scarborough, both already in decline. He is tearing apart the beaches in the east end where I live. He is tearing apart downtown. Yet still North York thrives. People are realising this and the end to his mayoral term is comming to an end... the city hopes.

[DavidG]

Originally posted by E3:
Oshawa is a city, though few realise it to be populated enough to be called a city, that is about an hour from the borders of Toronto.

The only reason Oshawa exists, is because it was built around an old military intelligence training base durring WW2... maybe WW1.. not sure.

The reason most people dont realise it's a city is because of its large area, most of which is undeveloped, and the very spread out population.

Why is it viewed poorly by EVERY canadian in existence?

Well not all. Man I really got to get out more! I've lived in Ontario for 25 years and never knew Oshawa had the reputation. I just thought it was some town east of Toronto

[E3]

Mind you, yes I live in the Beaches, the eastern part of the City of Toronto.

But I grew up in Scarborough, the eastern most part of Metropolotain Toronto, where Oshawa and Pickering are more of an influence than Toronto itself. Mind you, not to seem racist, because I am not, but anyone who lives in or near Toronto can confirm, Scarborough is becoming an immigrant town. I don't mean that in a derrogitory manner, I mean it literaly. Half of Scarborough doesnt know how to speak english. Skin colors range from black, to brown, to dark tanned, to olive. Rare is a white person now.

Now of course this has introduced me to many people who arent white who I am glad to have met. But I have met many people of other nationalities who are definately deserving of the derrogatory slurs that are often used against their races, mistakingly, when they should be aimed at the individuals who deserve them.

Many people in parts of Toronto are comming to assume "white culture" is what is represented in Oshawa, since the few people of white background in Toronto are ever increasingly adopting "black culture".

I mean the rap, the hip-hop, the "gangsta" culture. Thugs and wannabe thugs. The kind of things you see on the BET station.

Frankly, I will hide from the subrubs. They are too isolated and far too clique-ish. I will remain in the downtown of Toronto. Where people are so tightly packed that cultural and sub-cultural choices are irrelevant.

Myself?
I listen to bands like Das Ich, VNV Nation, Covenant (NOT Kovenant!), Apoptygma Berzerk, Project Pitchfork. These are the bands that best embody the sub-culture I've chosen.

Some would call me a goth. I don't like that term. I am not depressed, I am not mourning for the death of the world.
I enjoy life, I celebrate it. I revel in it.
In its darker aspects anyways.
Goth yes, industrial, darkrave. Any dark electronic music for me thank you very much.

THOUGH, I don't know how we got from talk about a Power out, to a gas leak in Arizona area, to a discussion on Toronto, to talk about sub-cultures and racial diversity.

Feel free to hit the abort-fail-retry key any time.

[E3]

Oh yeah, cant forget Wumpscut.
Never forget Wumpscut.
hehehehe

[Thermodyne]

Originally posted by tesco samoa:
hey the disappeared..

perhaps you should have given the following warning

This link is full of swear words, random typing and a bunch of yahoo rejects

You actually read it?

I just did a search and gave the first few Posts a quick glance.